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Smokers' Paradise

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Smokers' Paradise
EP by
Released1987
GenrePost-punk
LabelHomestead[1]
ProducerIain Burgess
Breaking Circus chronology
The Ice Machine
(1986)
Smokers' Paradise
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Smokers' Paradise is an extended play by Breaking Circus.[3][4] It was released in 1987 on Homestead Records. It is the first and only Breaking Circus release to feature second guitarist Phil Harder. It was intended as a full-length album with four songwriting contributions each from Björklund, Flour, and Trainer. When Homestead Records insisted that it be a six-song EP (possibly due to budget restrictions), Flour and Trainer's contributions were limited to one song each, while all of Björklund's songs appeared on the record.

Critical reception

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Trouser Press called the EP "an eerie and innovative pleasure."[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Smokers' Paradise"
  2. "Three Cool Cats"
  3. "ShockHammer Thirteen"
  4. "Emperor Calvin"
  5. "Medicine Lake"
  6. "Eat Lead"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Breaking Circus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Smokers' Paradise - Breaking Circus | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Breaking Circus | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Foundation, Poetry (October 13, 2020). "In Memory of the Rock Band Breaking Circus by Stephanie Burt". Poetry Foundation.